West Ham captain Mark Noble has claimed that Harry Kane's lack of rest will catch up with him sooner rather later.

Involved in a hectic schedule with Spurs over the past few seasons at home and abroad, the striker returned to pre-season training with the Lilywhites only three weeks after playing for England at the World Cup.

With a number of people believing he returned way too early from injury towards the end of last season, many have called for the England captain to be given a proper rest or risk burning out.

While there was no talk of Kane needing a rest after his performance for the Three Lions against Spain earlier in the week, Noble has stated that there will come a time in the not too distant future when he will need to be left out of the team.

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The 31-year-old, in his column in the London Evening Standard, said: "They had three players, Harry Kane, Eric Dier and Harry Winks, in the England team the other night and I wouldn’t have minded their plane home from Spain being delayed for a few days!

"Seriously, though, it’s frightening when you look at how much football Harry Kane has played in recent months.

"It will catch up with them for sure, probably around the Christmas period which is hectic.

"Their manager is good with that, giving them some time off when he can, but it’s a Catch 22 situation because Harry is so driven, he wants to score goals and be involved so he doesn’t want to miss out on games.

Harry Kane during England's win over Spain in Seville (Image: David Ramos/Getty Images)

"As a fellow player, you try to analyse his strengths and weaknesses and honestly — I don’t see too many of those.

"As a striker he’s great in the air, very good with his left foot, brilliant with his right and he’s quicker than a lot of people think.

"When he doesn’t score for a few games, suddenly he’s supposed to be gone, tired.

"I think his performance against Spain this week shows you he still has plenty of energy right now."

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